how to pronounce pollution
/pəˈluː.ʃən/
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pollution is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of pollution in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… in noise and air pollution from the m25 …”
meaning of pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
pollution frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR
the word pollution occurs in english on average 41.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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